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New initiative: the Digital Revolution and Government #gov2 #gov2au

One of my great passions is the digital revolution and how it is affecting society. A key area of our life that the digital revolution is changing is government and governance. Revolutionary thinkers like Clay Shirky and others have even posited the notion of a kind of digital direct democracy. Exploring these ideas and finding actionable insights is important for Australia and its people, and … Continue reading New initiative: the Digital Revolution and Government #gov2 #gov2au

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future, ideas, innovation, social computing & social media

The future of shopping is social

These are some thoughts that I presented at the AMP Social Media Cafe in Sydney on 11 November 2010, the slides and references follow below. The future of shopping is social. But that is nothing new – shopping has always been social. The difference is that now we are seeing social interaction on a hyperconnected scale and the emergence of new competitors. It is still … Continue reading The future of shopping is social

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education, social computing & social media

Serious games for business and education #GlobalSCRM

I’ve never been a big online game player (the third world bandwidth here in Australia has been enough to discourage many like me). But, having observed the development of online games and the gamer communities since the early days of the internet, I can see clearly that this is a significant phenomenon. One need only to look at the size of the global games market. … Continue reading Serious games for business and education #GlobalSCRM

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innovation, social computing & social media

The Future of Games – Global Social CRM #GlobalSCRM

Yesterday I attended a fascinating session hosted by the Bay Area Executives Meetup on the topic of the The Future of Games: enterprises, education, social + more. The session was conducted via CISCO Public TelePresence Suites, WebEx, Livestream, Twitter – with attendees from all around the world (Santa Clara, CA, San Francisco, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo). The panelists all have experience in social gaming in general and … Continue reading The Future of Games – Global Social CRM #GlobalSCRM

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education, technology, women

Girl Develop IT Sydney launches successfully #ozgdi

Girl Develop IT Sydney kicked off well last night with thirty eight students, led by the indomitable Pamela Fox and a number of teaching assistants. Women from all sorts of jobs and backgrounds came along to grapple with the basics of web development – with the youngest still in high school. The first session covered the basics of HTML and history of the web. Next … Continue reading Girl Develop IT Sydney launches successfully #ozgdi

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ideas

Making digital marketing work

Much of the digital marketing I see is a bit tragic.  Tragic for the businesses  who are investing hard won income into campaigns that might not deliver a return on investment. Some of it seems like self-indulgent twaddle done by creative types for their own amusement.  Other times it seems that the marketing manager has signed off on a campaign that they like and suits … Continue reading Making digital marketing work

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ideas

Australian courts decide “No Copyright in Newspaper Headlines”

It is interesting to read through the notes on this recent decision by the Federal Court of Australia. It’s worth reading the entire post on Mallesons’ site or even the judgement here on AUSTLII. It looks like the traditional news media are losing ground on their ambit claims to own everything 😉 As Mallesons so neatly summarise it: “The Federal Court of Australia today decided … Continue reading Australian courts decide “No Copyright in Newspaper Headlines”

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future, ideas

Filesharing: copyright has always been a bit broken but we never noticed

I was chatting to someone at a party on Saturday night about copyright. The gentleman I was chatting with was strongly in favour of strict enforcement of copyright. He was advocating fining people who share copyright material online. It got me thinking. Once you consider the problem in offline terms it seems that many of the problems of copyright content have been with us since … Continue reading Filesharing: copyright has always been a bit broken but we never noticed

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future, ideas

Digital citizens need real world knowledge too

It was fascinating to be at the inaugural Digital Citizens event in Sydney last week – the topic was: Private Parts: Personality and Disclosure – Finding a Balance in the Digital Space. There was a great line up on the panel with visiting US lawyer and social media specialist Adrian Dayton (Social Media for Lawyers), Sam North (Ogilvy PR), Damian Damjanovski (BMF), and Renai LeMay … Continue reading Digital citizens need real world knowledge too

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